Color-aid Papers

Color-aid Papers are available in a wide variety of brilliant hues, tints, and shades, perfect for exacting color layouts, stage and studio sets, mock-ups, collage, and paper sculpture. Their wrinkle-proof, velvety matte surface is washable and non-bleeding. It erases easily and readily accepts tempera, ink, pencil, and markers.

Color-aid Papers are acid-free. Use them in any professional or artistic application where exact matching and color control are essential.

Packet of 220 Colors — These packets contain one each of 220 different Color-aid papers. An instruction booklet is also included.

Packet of 314 Colors — These packets contain one each of every paper in the Color-aid range (314 in all). An instruction booklet is also included.

Packet of Greys NEW! — This set consists of 19 sheets of Color-aid paper, including 17 Grays that transition from very dark to very light, and one each of Black and White. An instruction sheet is also included.

Color aid is very expensive but I really like working with it. I plan to keep swatches to use when I paint to color match. I bought it for my color theory class but I plan to use it for other crafts as well.

Order arrived earlier than expected as it was no back-order and the product is excellent, but a little pricey. Good customer service insofar as email order confirmation and shipping alert. Would order again from your site.

I teach a Color course and use a box of Color-Aid papers (314 colors) for each course I teach. (The first part of the four-month long course is based on Josef Albers' teaching methods). It is an amazing resource and my students absolutely fall in love with these beautiful papers. They are indispensable in teaching the color concepts of hue, value and saturation. What is especially valuable is that the color of each paper is named and classified according to its hue and to it purity (the amount of white, black or gray that a color might have). This classification is printed on the back of each paper. So, there is no guessing involved - it is easy to discover the properties of each color. I have my students use these papers to accomplish all kinds of color studies. I also use these papers to work on my own collages, to discover new color harmonies, or to see what colors I might use in a painting or in a watercolor I'm working on. I have used these papers since 1978! I highly recommend them for anyone who is interested in studying color in depth, for collage or for finding new color schemes and harmonies in their own artwork.

Before I start painting, I play around with Color Aid Paper to figure out the color palette. It is nice to compare two or more colors before start painting. The size of the paper is perfect carry around.

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